snuzzle

[Laurence Horn]

On Dec 12, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> About eight minutes into the Radio Lab podcast this week (Raising Crane, http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2012/dec/03/operation-migration/), Andrea Seabrook uses the word "snuzzle" for cranes, which is listed in the OED as currently being dialectical. The relevant definition says:
>
> Of persons, esp. children: To nuzzle, snuggle, or settle down comfortably.
>
> Seabrook uses it to refer to colts (baby cranes).
>
And of elephants, it's "snozzle".

LH

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